Schedule

*Location.  We have reserved classrooms on the 1st and 2nd floors of Kenyon Hall for students to work during DataFest.  We ask everyone to work in these spaces during the weekend.  Meals will be in the Kenyon Hall Club Room.  The closing session will be held in Blodgett Hall Auditorium.

FRIDAY, April 5, 2024

Welcome!

  • (RECOMMENDED) 5:30 – 7:00 pm: Nancy Ide Annual Lecture in Computer Science by Chris Callison-Burch (Poster Link) [Rockefeller Hall 300]. Note: this is not a DataFest event, but we think many participants will be interested in this lecture hosted by the Vassar CS department.
  • 7:00 – 7:30 pm: Registration and Dinner [Kenyon Hall, first floor entrance area]
  • 7:30 – 8:00 pm: “Meet the data!” Opening Session [Kenyon Hall 132]
  • 8:00 pm: Event begins!

Consultants available for help during the event.
Kenyon Hall 1st and 2nd Floor Classrooms have been reserved for student teams to work.

SATURDAY, April 6, 2024

Carry on!

  • 9:00 am: Breakfast [Kenyon Hall Club Room, second floor]
  • 12:30 pm: Lunch [Kenyon Hall Club Room, second floor]
  • 6:00pm: Dinner [Kenyon Hall Club Room, second floor]
  • 9:00pm: Wrap-up for the day

Consultants available for help during the event.
Kenyon Hall 1st and 2nd Floor Classrooms have been reserved for student teams to work.

SUNDAY, April 7, 2024

Wrap up!

  • 9:00 am: Breakfast [Kenyon Hall Club Room, second floor]
  • 12:00 pm: Stop Work & Lunch [Kenyon Hall Club Room, second floor]
  • 1:00 – 4:00 pm: Presentations & judges deliberations [Blodgett Hall Auditorium]  
    • A group photo will be taken while the judges deliberate, so please wear your DataFest 2024 t-shirts!
  • 4:00 – 5:00 pm: Award Ceremony [Blodgett Hall Auditorium]
  • 5:00 – 5:15 pm: Cleanup Kenyon – Please return to Kenyon Hall to help us clean up and  take out garbage! Thank you!

Consultants available for help until 12:00 pm.
Kenyon Hall 1st and 2nd Floor Classrooms have been reserved for student teams to work.